School Board members from across the province met in Berwick recently to continue the discussion of trying to improve the school review process. The province's education minister is looking for suggestions to move forward, what worked within the process and ideas for surplus schools. Board chair Jennifer Naugler attended the meeting and says shorter timelines for review, more collaboration and long-range planning were some of themes being presented. Naugler believes minor tweaks are needed.Naugler says it was a valuable experience to exchange ideas with other board officials. She has sent correspondence to other board members on what was discussed at the meeting. Meanwhile, the education department will gather the suggestions and put them into a discussion paper by September. Parents, school boards and communities will then be asked for feedback before a new policy is put in place by next spring. Another review process meeting is planned for June 19 in Halifax.
